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Old English Literature
Gopa B. Caesar:
Every re-telling was a new poem, each as authentic, original and authoritative as the last; and every performance was different.
The old English verse is rich and formal; it inherits these qualities from ritual language.
The vocabulary and the technique of oral composition come down from times when poetry was mantic and used for magical purpose, when it played an inseparable part in the rituals that introduced, celebrated and interpreted the events and seasons of men’s lifetime and of the ritual year.
Gopa B. Caesar:
A TRANSITION...
With the introduction of Christianity in England, a new kind of poetry emerged. Through Christianity is the theoretical antithesis of the military, the results in England was curious. Christianity and militarism, the two opposing philosophy have been harnessed together. so, there appeared under the tutelage of the church another type of epic literature which tried to put together the warrior’s outlook and Christian theology.
Gopa B. Caesar:
In "The Dream of the Rood" ,which is the first of all religious poems, Christ has been described as the young hero, and His disciples are faithful warriors.
So, the Christian poems are mainly religious in tone, the old devices of style are carried on and adapted in new subject.
Gopa B. Caesar:
The Anglo-Saxon invaders brought with them a tradition of oral poetry because nothing was written down before the conversion to Christianity.
Ferdousi Begum:
I heard that you are an instructor of this course, are these your home works...lol...
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